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b. c.1422, CPL, xiii (2), 690. s. and h. of John Grimsby (d.1449) of Grimsby by his w. Margaret. m. (1) c.1458, Anne (c.1436-1477), da. of Reynold Moton (d.1445), gdda. and coh. of Sir Robert Moton*, 1s. Henry†, 1da.; J. Nichols, Leics. iv (2), 999. (2) by Hil. 1479, Margaret, ?da. of William Brette of London, draper. CP25(1)/294/77/125.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. election, Leics. 1478.

Page of the King’s chamber by 11 Sept. 1452; yeoman of the stool by 13 Nov. 1454; yeoman of the Crown 8 Dec. 1454 – 24 July 1456; esquire for the body 24 July 1456 – aft.20 Feb. 1460; King’s serjeant by 15 Oct. 1456-aft. 1 July 1457; treasurer of the chamber by 21 Oct. 1456-aft. 9 July 1459. E404/69/20; PPC, vi. 225; CPR, 1452–61, pp. 231, 335, 352, 432, 591; CCR, 1454–61, p. 163; E403/809, m. 2; 819, m. 6.

Receiver-gen. of royal mines in Devon and Cornw. 23 Mar. 1455 – 23 Feb. 1456, of enfeoffed lands of the duchy of Lancaster c.1456–8. CPR, 1452–51, p.218; CFR, xix. 150; R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 211n.

Escheator, Lincs. 4 Nov. 1455–6.

Water-bailiff of Calais 19 May 1456–23 Nov. 1457. Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, ii. 337; CPR, 1452–61, p. 395.

Steward, manor of Burwell, Lincs. 15 Oct. 1456-aft. 3 July 1457; of liberty of Reynold Boulers, bp. of Coventry and Lichfield, 8 Dec. 1458-c. Apr.1459; forfeited lands of Sir Henry Retford in Lincs. 20 Feb. 1460. E159/235, brevia Mich. rot. 22; I. Rowney, ‘Staffs. Political Community’ (Keele Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 437; CPR, 1452–61, pp. 352, 591.

Controller of customs, Kingston-upon-Hull 12 Oct. 1457 – 10 Feb. 1459, London, 20 Nov. 1477–d. CPR, 1452–61, pp. 328, 459; 1476–85, pp. 38, 331.

Commr. of inquiry, Mon. Aug. 1458 (treasons, etc.), Leics. Oct. 1470 (felonies, etc.); weirs, Hunts. June 1460; gaol delivery, Leicester Oct. 1477. C66/541, m. 26d.

Under treasurer to James Butler, earl of Wiltshire, 30 Oct. 1458 – 28 Feb. 1459; dep. chamberlain of the Exchequer to William, Lord Hastings, by 18 July 1478–d. PRO List ‘Exchequer Offs.’ 169, 198.

Jt. keeper of manor of Holywell, Lincs. and lordship of Stretton, Rutland 27 Nov. – 3 Dec. 1470.

J.p. Leics. 12 Mar. 1475 – d.

Parlimentarian
GRIMSBY, William (c.1422-83), of Grimsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Grimsby, Lincs.
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S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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